{"id":7062,"date":"2015-10-17T13:26:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-17T05:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=7062"},"modified":"2020-08-29T15:57:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T07:57:07","slug":"stewart-macfarlane-autograph-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/stewart-macfarlane-autograph-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewart MacFarlane &#8211; Autograph &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='artists-title'  class='avia-section av-av_section-142ff43b7600746a6e970fde5cf91c57 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-7062'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div '   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"font-family: 'eb garamond'; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: left;\"><a title=\"EXHIBITIONS \u2013 CURRENT\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/exhibition-current\/\">CuRRENT<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"EXHIBITIONS \u2013 PAST\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/exhibition-current\/exhibition-past\/\">PAST<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"font-family: 'eb garamond'; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Stewart MacFarlane \u2013 Autograph \u2013 Works\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/stewart-macfarlane-autograph-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Stewart MacFarlane \u2013 Autograph \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/stewart-macfarlane-autograph-press-release\/\">press release<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df{\nheight:40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div '   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:14px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-family: open sans thin; font-size: 25px; line-height: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #333333;\">Autograph<br \/>\nStewart MacFarlane<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Wei-Ling Gallery is pleased to present <em>Autograph<\/em>, a solo exhibition by renowned Australian painter, Stewart MacFarlane.<\/p>\n<p><em>Autograph <\/em>makes for the artist\u2019s fourth solo show with the gallery and features paintings on canvas \u2013 both large and small scale \u2013 as well as a limited edition Giclee print.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart MacFarlane\u2019s work powerfully employs the gift of sight then invites the other four senses to indulge in the narrative experience. The common threads of intrigue and movement tie each of the works in Autograph together. They are a reflection of MacFarlane\u2019s own career as an itinerant artist, often wondering as to the hidden meaning of things, what might happen next and how to interpret the past.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe paintings on which his reputation has been built are striking, bold and, at times, abrasive. He interprets modern popular culture in a series of vignettes exploring the seamy side of life, a place of the imagination, television and the B-grade film noir genre. But the coarseness of the subject matter can be deceiving, for each work is presented as a vibrant exercise in colour and slashing brushwork, all designed into an elegant one-shot drama.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The portraits and character studies, along with the rooms, architecture and landscapes, the stages on which his human dramas are played out, depict a darkened city street, a languorous nude or a rock star on stage, the strength of his statement is clear, there is nothing apprehensive in the images presented.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211; Gavin Fry (Extract from \u2018Persistence\u2019 catalogue), 2015<\/p>\n<p>Stewart MacFarlane (b. 1953) has held over 50 solo exhibitions of his work in Australia, the United States, Asia and Germany. His distinctive artworks can be found in the permanent collections of major public galleries and academic institutions throughout Australia including the National Gallery of Victoria, the Australian National Gallery in Canberra, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, Curtin University Gallery in Perth, Monash University in Melbourne and Griffith University in Brisbane, as well as in the United States at the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art in Roswell, New Mexico and Provincetown Museum and Art Center in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>He has also been honoured with countless international awards and residencies, including a fellowship from MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire, USA and residencies in Besozzo Studio, Italy, the Bemis Centre for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska USA and at Roswell, New Mexico, USA with the Roswell Museum &amp; Art Centre. Within Australia he has taken part in various residencies in universities around Australia and was the winner of the Alice Prize from the Alice Springs Art Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the artist has 2 monograph titles to his name; the first entitled <em>Stewart MacFarlane, Riddles of Life<\/em>, by Veronique Helmridge-Marsillian published under Craftsman House in 1996 and the most recent one entitled <em>Stewart MacFarlane: Paintings<\/em> by Nicholas Jose and Timothy Morrell marks the publication of his first major monograph and explores four decades of the artist\u2019s work featuring over 200 colour plates in a 380 page book.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Autograph will begin showing at Wei-Ling Gallery on the 2nd of November and will continue until the 30th of November 2015.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Wei-Ling Gallery is located at No. 8, Jalan Scott, Brickfields, 50470, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em> Please call 0322601106 or email weiling.shaz@gmail.com for more information.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031{\nheight:35px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Autograph-Stewart-MacFarlane.pdf\">&#8216;Autograph&#8217; by Roderick C. Glen<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/autograph-pub.pdf\">Click to view online catalogue<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CuRRENT\u00a0|\u00a0PAST works\u00a0|\u00a0press release Autograph Stewart MacFarlane Wei-Ling Gallery is pleased to present Autograph, a solo exhibition by renowned Australian painter, Stewart MacFarlane. Autograph makes for the artist\u2019s fourth solo show with the gallery and features paintings on canvas \u2013 both large and small scale \u2013 as well as a limited edition Giclee print. 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